Role of lamp type in conventional batch and micro-photoreactor for photocatalytic hydrogen production.

The use of an irradiation source with a homogeneous distribution of irradiation in the volume of the reaction mixture belongs to the essential aspects of heterogeneous photocatalysis. First, the efficacy of six lamps with various radiation intensity and distribution characteristics is contrasted. The topic of discussion is the photocatalytic hydrogen production from a methanol-water solution in the presence of a NiO-TiO photocatalyst.

Nd/TiO Anatase-Brookite Photocatalysts for Photocatalytic Decomposition of Methanol.

Neodymium enriched TiO anatase-brookite powders were prepared by unconventional method via using pressurized hot fluids for TiO crystallization and purification. The photocatalysts were tested in the CHOH photocatalytic decomposition and they were characterized with respect to the textural (nitrogen adsorption), structural (XRD, XPS, and Raman spectroscopies), chemical (XRF), and optical (DR UV-Vis spectroscopy) and photoelectrochemical measurement. All prepared materials were nanocrystalline, had biphasic (anatase- brookite) structure and relatively large specific surface area (125 m.

Photocatalytic decomposition of methanol over La/TiO materials.

Lanthanum-modified TiO photocatalysts (0.2-1.5 wt% La) were investigated in the methanol decomposition in an aqueous solution.

On the site-specificity of polycarbonyl complexes in Cu/zeolites: combined experimental and DFT study.

The preferred Cu(+) sites and formation of mono-, di-, and tricarbonyl complexes in the Cu-FER were investigated at the periodic density functional theory level and by means of FTIR spectroscopy. The site-specificity of adsorption enthalpies of CO on Cu-FER and of vibrational frequencies of polycarbonyl complexes were investigated for various Cu(+) sites in Cu-FER. Large changes in the Cu(+) interaction with the zeolite framework were observed upon the formation of carbonyl complexes.